Star director Koratala Siva’s highly-anticipated political thriller, Bharat Ane Nenu, is gearing up for a grand worldwide release on April 20. Until recently, there were reports that Bharat Ane Nenu’s story is written by Thakita Thakita’s director Srihari Nanu.

The reports further speculated that Koratala Siva had acquired the story from Srihari Nanu by paying him a whopping 1 crore. But Koratala Siva has refuted all these reports in a latest interview. He clarified that he and Srihari Nanu were roommates in the initial days of their careers and that Srihari had narrated him Bharat Ane Nenu’s storyline long back.

Revealing further, Koratala Siva said that he has developed the storyline into a full fledged script. He also said that he has given a ‘Special Thanks’ mention to Srihari Nanu in Bharat Ane Nenu’s titles for providing the storyline.